Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] him [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
2 | Despite these minor domestic headaches , it was decided to give him a special birthday treat of a guided tour of the Chubb Factory to decide exactly how all those interesting little gadgets actually work and no doubt to take away a few tips as well . |
3 | ‘ A bit old , though , ’ Wayne ventured again , and Pete slowly turned to give him a stony look . |
4 | It was decided to teach him the final lesson , which would also warn off other émigrés who thought that they were secure in the West and could say what they liked about Ceauşescu . |
5 | At p625 he stated : A vendor selling property to a purchaser can not be said to lend him the unpaid portion of the purchase price . |
6 | Of course he had got to know him a good deal better at Ecalpemos … |
7 | Well that , it speak the truth they were given to me by June , who 's very into that sort of thing and prescribed them for Simon and in fact has had to give him a few more now because he 's had his driving test cancelled . |
8 | The railway have promised to give him a special party during the weekend of October 26 and 27 and he looks forward to seeing as many of this young friends as possible at that event . |
9 | Matthew , standing in for his friend , had promised to give him a full and complete report . |
10 | You 've just got to keep him a wee bit down . |
11 | He could have been paralysed for life … by a toy which been hired to give him a good time . |
12 | His highest weighted opponent was the 1929 Preakness winner Dr Freeland with eight stone eight pounds , but the horse most fancied to give him a true test in his first race outside Australia was Spanish Play , who had won the New Orleans Handicap eight days before . |
13 | He 's my oldest friend , so I 'm allowed to call him a great pedant . |
14 | And eventually Doyle was forced to tell him the whole story . |
15 | Austen Chamberlain had been trained to be a conventional statesman ; Rugby , Cambridge and a determination to live down his father 's reputation had all combined to make him the most conformist of politicians . |